Herod Antipas

Herod Antipas (21 BC-39 AD) was Tetrarch of Galilee and Perea from 4 BC to 39 AD, succeeding Herod the Great and preceding Herod Agrippa. During his reign, Jesus was crucified for blasphemy.

Biography
Herod was the son of Herod the Great and Malthace, and, in 4 BC, Emperor Augustus recognized him as Tetrarch of Galilee and Perea following the elder Herod's death. Herod was responsible for building projects at Sepphoris and Betharamphtha, and he also built the capital city of Tiberias on the Sea of Galilee, naming it for the Roman emperor Tiberius. In 34 AD, he had Jesus turned over to Roman prefect Pontius Pilate, and Jesus was crucified for blasphemy; two years later, Herod had John the Baptist beheaded for criticizing his remarriage to Herodias, the former wife of his half-brother Herod II. Herod's divorce of his first wife Phasaelis led to war with Aretas IV Philopatris of the Nabateans, and the Romans abandoned a planned counteroffensive after Tiberius died. In 39 AD, Herod's nephew Herod Agrippa accused him of conspiracy against Emperor Caligula, who sent Herod and Herodias into exile in Gaul.